Photos of the Week #34

December 12, 2005

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Matt Gieselman

12/10/2005
Catalina Island
Hen Rock

Furry Hermit
Paguristes ulreyi

Canon EOS 20D

Phil Garner

12/10/2005
Rancho Palos Verdes
Marineland

Possibly a Knife-jaw
Oplegnathus sp.

This is a very unusual sighting for California.

Kevin Lee

12/10/2005
Laguna Beach
Crescent Beach
Seal Rock

Wart-neck Piddock spawning
Chaceia ovoidea

Olympus C-5060
Dual YS-90DX strobes

Steve Murvine

12/7/2005
La Jolla Shores

Juvenile Giant Sea Bass
Stereolepis gigas

Sony dsc-w7

Mark Chapman

12/11/2005
Laguna Beach
Shaw's Cove

Rockpool Blenny
Hypsoblennius gilberti

Nikon D70
60mm macro lens
f/16, 1/100

Pete Hergesheimer

12/10/2005
Catalina Island
Torqua Springs

Navanax inermis

Bluebanded Goby
Lythrypnus dalli

Canon Powershot SD500
Flash Diffuser

Donna Shelley

12/11/2005
Laguna Beach
Off Crystal Cove State Park
Possible future wreck site

Divers on a safety stop

Olympus C-5050
Sea & Sea YS-25 strobe

"Orange County Ocean Foundation volunteer divers during a deco stop at the proposed US Navy vessel sink site off the Orange County coast."

Terry Strait

12/11/2005
La Jolla Shores
Main Point

Spotted Dorid
Triopha maculata

Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing
DS125 strobe
super-macro mode
f/8, 1/100

Richard Girouard

12/10/2005
Point Loma kelp
Above Train Wheels

Huge swell, nasty day, bad conditions!

Camera Olympus 8080
Ikelite housing

Mike Bartick

12/10/2005
Laguna Beach
Montage Resort

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Tracy Clark

12/10/2005
La Jolla Shores

Black Dorid
Polycera atra

Nikon D70

Margaret Webb

12/10/2005
Palos Verdes Estates
Wreck of the Avalon

Kelp Bass
Paralabrax clathratus

California Golden Gorgonian
Muricea californica

Yellow Zoanthids
Parazoanthus lucificum

Olympus c5050
2 Ikelite ds 125 strobes
Inon wide angle lens

Jim Lyle

12/10/2005
Palos Verdes Estates
Wreck of the Avalon

Painted Greenling
Oxylebius pictus

Olympus c5050
f/8.0, 1/250

Brian Moriarty

12/10/2005
Santa Barbara Island

California Sheephead
Semicossyphus pulcher

Above kelp holdfast

Olympus Stylus 410 with flash

Mark Pidcoe

12/10/2005
La Jolla Cove

Probably Kellet's Whelk
Kelletia kelletii

and a hitchhiker snail

Sony P-150
Sony Housing

Scott Gietler

12/10/2005
Rancho Palos Verdes
Marineland

Octopus
Octopus sp.

Fuji f-10 camera
Internal strobe

Steve Briggs

12/11/2005
La Jolla Shores

Lion Nudibranch
Melibe leonina

Canon A95
Canon housing

Todd Warshaw

12/11/2005
Scripps Canyon

Probably Diamond Turbot
Hypsopsetta guttulata

Lewis' Moon Snail
Polinices lewisii

Previous Weeks:

December 5, 2005 (POTW #33)

November 28, 2005 (POTW #32)

November 21, 2005 (POTW #31)

November 14, 2005 (POTW #30)

November 7, 2005 (POTW #29)

October 31, 2005 (POTW #28)

October 24, 2005 (POTW #27)

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October 17, 2005 (POTW #26)

October 10, 2005 (POTW #25)

October 3, 2005 (POTW #24)

September 26, 2005 (POTW #23)

September 19, 2005 (POTW #22)

September 12, 2005 (POTW #21)

September 6, 2005 (POTW #20)

August 29, 2005 (POTW #19)

August 22, 2005 (POTW #18)

August 15, 2005 (POTW #17)

August 8, 2005 (POTW #16)

August 1, 2005 (POTW #15)

July 25, 2005 (POTW #14)

July 18, 2005 (POTW #13)

July 11, 2005 (POTW #12)

July 5, 2005 (POTW #11)

June 27, 2005 (POTW #10)

June 20, 2005 (POTW #9)

June 13, 2005 (POTW #8)

June 6, 2005 (POTW #7)

May 31, 2005 (POTW #6)

May 23, 2005 (POTW #5)

May 16, 2005 (POTW #4)

May 9, 2005 (POTW #3)

May 2, 2005 (POTW #2)

April 25, 2005 (POTW #1)